Cosmopolitan

As a young boy, Robert North was a patriot — he loved baseball, American flags, and hot dogs. That soon changed. His father, a sculptor, traveled the world with his family after World War II to study works of art in France, Spain, Mexico, Cuba, and elsewhere. A period that would shape the life and work of the later internationally renowned dancer (in New York and London) and future choreographer. Robert North became a cosmopolitan. Since 2007, he has been the ballet director and chief choreographer of the Vereinigte Bühnen Krefeld/Mönchengladbach. At the end of the season, he will retire from his management position, coinciding with his 80th birthday. With the premiere of his Carmen, the celebration will take place in the theater that has become his family. He will remain close to ...